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Neither of which is Smith asserting rents are parasitic. He describes economics; others put opinions into his words.
by MaxGanzII 5y ago
Neither of which is Smith asserting rents are parasitic.
He describes economics; others put opinions into his words.
- alecbz 5y ago"Parasitic" can be descriptive? I means roughly someone that takes from a system without giving to or benefiting it. Parasitic does have a fairly strong negative connotation, and Smith doesn't literally use the word, but those two passages do seem to have somewhat of a negative connotation to them, to my reading.